吃大鍋飯

lit. to eat from the common pot (idiom) / fig. to be rewarded the same, regardless of performance

to eat / to consume / to eat at (a cafeteria etc) / to eradicate / to destroy / to absorb / to suffer / to stammer (Taiwan pr. for this sense is [ji2])

variant of 吃[chi1]

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

a big wok / cauldron

pot; pan; wok; cauldron / pot-shaped thing / CL:口[kou3],隻|只[zhi1]

meal cooked in a large pot / communal meal / (fig.) system that rewards everyone equally regardless of merit

cooked rice / CL:碗[wan3] / meal / CL:頓|顿[dun4] / (loanword) fan / devotee